I hate hospitals

[LP]

We spend a lot of time in Qld. and over 70s can get a free injection
that keeps shingles away  forever.

Do you know if you must have that injection before you get them, or can you get it after a dose of shingles?

I've read of one treatment that is a vaccination but it only works as a prophylactic if you get it before an infection, once you get them it's no longer effective, but there are tablets you can take to prevent or reduce an outbreak.

Apparently something like 80% of us carry this virus, it's somehow related to chicken pox, but becomes more serious as we get older like many of those infections do. Most people never get an outbreak despite carrying the virus.